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Just Like Wally Said

Well, hell. You beat me to it. But since we're in agreement, let's walk down memory lane for a moment.

This is from Keith Hernandez's excellent If at First…, one of the better year-in-the-life books written by a pro athlete. It's from the 1986 chapter, found in the paperback edition. I've been thinking about it for a couple of days.

After we beat Montreal two out of three games our second trip in there, in early August, Backman snarled, “They're buried.”

“Hey, Wally, cool it,” I urged him. “That'll just steam them.”

“Tough,” he snapped.

August, June.

1986, 2006.

Doesn't matter.

They're buried.